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Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle
at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates 29 July (heats)
30 July (final)
Winning time 8 minutes 25.31 seconds
Medalists
gold medal     United States
silver medal     Canada
bronze medal     Japan
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The Women's 800 Freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 29 – 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary heats were held in the Championships morning session on 29 July, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim-again in the event's Final on 30 July.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were:

Note: no new World or Championships records were set during this competition.


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